2012 WTA Premier tournaments

The 2012 WTA Premier tournaments are 21 of the tennis tournaments on the 2012 WTA Tour. The WTA Tour is the elite tour for women's professional tennis. The WTA Premier tournaments are divided into three levels which all rank below the Grand Slam events and above the WTA International tournaments.

Schedule

Premier Mandatory

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
7 March
(2 weeks)
BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, USA
Victoria Azarenka
6–2, 6–3
Maria Sharapova Angelique Kerber
Ana Ivanovic
Agnieszka Radwańska
Li Na
Marion Bartoli
Maria Kirilenko
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond

6–2, 6–3
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina
21 March
(2 weeks)
Sony Ericsson Open
Key Biscayne, USA
Agnieszka Radwańska
7–5, 6–4
Maria Sharapova Marion Bartoli
Caroline Wozniacki
Victoria Azarenka
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Li Na
Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova

7–6(7–0), 4–6, [10–4]
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci
7 MayMutua Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain
Serena Williams
6–1, 6–3
Victoria Azarenka Agnieszka Radwańska
Lucie Hradecká
Li Na
Varvara Lepchenko
Samantha Stosur
Maria Sharapova
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci

6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina
1 OctoberChina Open
Beijing, China
Victoria Azarenka
6–3, 6–1
Maria Sharapova Marion Bartoli
Li Na
Romina Oprandi
Carla Suárez Navarro
Agnieszka Radwańska
Angelique Kerber
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina

7–5, 7–5
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Sania Mirza

Premier 5

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
13 FebruaryQatar Ladies Open
Doha, Qatar
Victoria Azarenka
6–1, 6–2
Samantha Stosur Agnieszka Radwańska
Marion Bartoli
Yanina Wickmayer
Christina McHale
Monica Niculescu
Lucie Šafářová
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond

6–3, 6–1
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
14 MayInternazionali BNL d'Italia
Rome, Italy
Maria Sharapova
4–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Li Na Serena Williams
Angelique Kerber
Dominika Cibulková
Flavia Pennetta
Petra Kvitová
Venus Williams
Sara Errani
Roberta Vinci

6–2, 7–5
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina
6 AugustRogers Cup
Montréal, Canada
Petra Kvitová
7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Li Na Caroline Wozniacki
Lucie Šafářová
Tamira Paszek
Aleksandra Wozniak
Roberta Vinci
Agnieszka Radwańska
Klaudia Jans-Ignacik
Kristina Mladenovic

7–5, 2–6, [10–7]
Nadia Petrova
Katarina Srebotnik
13 AugustWestern & Southern Open
Mason, USA
Li Na
1–6, 6–3, 6–1
Angelique Kerber Venus Williams
Petra Kvitová
Agnieszka Radwańska
Samantha Stosur
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Serena Williams
Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká

6–1, 6–3
Katarina Srebotnik
Zheng Jie
24 SeptemberToray Pan Pacific Open
Tokyo, Japan
Nadia Petrova
6–0, 1–6, 6–3
Agnieszka Radwańska Angelique Kerber
Samantha Stosur
Victoria Azarenka
Caroline Wozniacki
Sara Errani
Maria Sharapova
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears

6–1, 6–4
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Květa Peschke

Premier

Week of Tournament Champions Runners-up Semifinalists Quarterfinalists
2 January2012 Brisbane International
Brisbane, Australia
Kaia Kanepi
6–2, 6–1
Daniela Hantuchová Kim Clijsters
Francesca Schiavone
Iveta Benešová
Serena Williams
Jelena Janković
Andrea Petkovic
Nuria Llagostera Vives
Arantxa Parra Santonja

7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
9 January2012 Apia International Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Victoria Azarenka
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Li Na Agnieszka Radwańska
Petra Kvitová
Caroline Wozniacki
Marion Bartoli
Lucie Šafářová
Daniela Hantuchová
Květa Peschke
Katarina Srebotnik

6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
6 FebruaryOpen GDF Suez
Paris, France
Angelique Kerber
7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–3
Marion Bartoli Yanina Wickmayer
Klára Zakopalová
Maria Sharapova
Mona Barthel
Julia Görges
Roberta Vinci
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond

7–6(7–3), 6–1
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Petra Martić
20 FebruaryBarclays Dubai Tennis
Championships

Dubai, UAE
Agnieszka Radwańska
7–5, 6–4
Julia Görges Caroline Wozniacki
Jelena Janković
Daniela Hantuchová
Ana Ivanovic
Samantha Stosur
Sabine Lisicki
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond

6–2, 6–1
Sania Mirza
Elena Vesnina
2 AprilFamily Circle Cup
Charleston, USA
Serena Williams
6–0, 6–1
Lucie Šafářová Polona Hercog
Samantha Stosur
Nadia Petrova
Vera Zvonareva
Sabine Lisicki
Venus Williams
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Lucie Šafářová

5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Anabel Medina Garrigues
Yaroslava Shvedova
23 AprilPorsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany
Maria Sharapova
6–1, 6–4
Victoria Azarenka Agnieszka Radwańska
Petra Kvitová
Mona Barthel
Li Na
Angelique Kerber
Samantha Stosur
Iveta Benešová
Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová

6–4, 7–5
Julia Görges
Anna-Lena Grönefeld
21 MayBrussels Open
Brussels, Belgium
Agnieszka Radwańska
7–5, 6–0
Simona Halep Kaia Kanepi
Sofia Arvidsson
Alison Van Uytvanck
Tsvetana Pironkova
Dominika Cibulková
Urszula Radwańska
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Sania Mirza

6–3, 6–2
Alicja Rosolska
Zheng Jie
18 JuneAegon International
Eastbourne, UK
Tamira Paszek
5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Angelique Kerber Marion Bartoli
Klára Zakopalová
Tsvetana Pironkova
Lucie Šafářová
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
Ekaterina Makarova
Nuria Llagostera Vives
María José Martínez Sánchez

6–4, ret.
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond
9 JulyBank of the West Classic
Stanford, USA
Serena Williams
7–5, 6–3
Coco Vandeweghe Sorana Cîrstea
Yanina Wickmayer
Chanelle Scheepers
Dominika Cibulková
Urszula Radwańska
Marion Bartoli
Marina Erakovic
Heather Watson

7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Jarmila Gajdošová
Vania King
16 JulyMercury Insurance Open
San Diego, USA
Dominika Cibulková
6–1, 7–5
Marion Bartoli Chan Yung-jan
Nadia Petrova
Christina McHale
Jelena Janković
Varvara Lepchenko
Urszula Radwańska
Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears

6–2, 6–4
Vania King
Nadia Petrova
20 AugustNew Haven Open at Yale
New Haven, USA
Petra Kvitová
7–6(11–9), 7–5
Maria Kirilenko Caroline Wozniacki
Sara Errani
Olga Govortsova
Dominika Cibulková
Marion Bartoli
Lucie Šafářová
Liezel Huber
Lisa Raymond

4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká
15 OctoberKremlin Cup
Moscow, Russia
Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Samantha Stosur Ana Ivanovic
Sofia Arvidsson
Klára Zakopalová
Vesna Dolonc
Dominika Cibulková
Maria Kirilenko
Ekaterina Makarova
Elena Vesnina

6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Maria Kirilenko
Nadia Petrova
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